Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
This paper examines the widespread problem of hunger. Hunger can be challenged, and the outcome of this challenge depends a great deal on domestic policies targeted at food security. Consequently, I will examine the role of international law in facilitating and spurring this process through the affirmation of the human right to food. The right to food has developed from the formal expression embodied in the International Covenant on Economics, Social and Cultural Rights to a substantive, well-built and comprehensive customary norm. Its prescriptive reach spans the conduct of States in their national and international affairs; of international organizations; of transnational corporations; of individuals in their official and private capacity. A synopsis of some issues arising at the national and international level relating to agriculture and development - the principal means, in my view, for the realization of the right to food - is provided. In the end I will assess the enforcement mechanisms for ensuring the right to food.
Recommended Citation
Niada, Laura, "Hunger and International Law: The Far-Reaching Scope of the Human Right to Food" (2006). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 458.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/458
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